• n. 秘方；成藥；萬能藥

來自拉丁語nostrum remedium,家鄉(xiāng)藥，祖?zhèn)魃袼帲琻ostrum,我們的，家鄉(xiāng)的，詞源同us,our,remedium,治療，藥，詞源同remedy.用來形容一些江湖騙子，比較quack.

nostrum (n.)

"quack medicine," c. 1600, from Latin nostrum remedium "our remedy," presumably that prepared by the person offering it, from Latin nostrum, neuter of noster "our," from nos "we," from PIE *nos (see us).

1. Some nostrum peddled as a cure for unemployment.

鼓吹可解決失業(yè)問題的妙策.

來自辭典例句

2. He told the patient that he had a nostrum.

他告訴病人他有秘方.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)